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Enrollment
498
Middle
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUFFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510371001621
John F. Kennedy Middle
2325 E Washington St, Suffolk, VA 23434 · (757) 934-6212 · Suffolk city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Virginia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
342 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 174 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 32% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
66.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 61.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like John F. Kennedy Middle
John F. Kennedy Middle's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Middle this school | 498 | 68.7% | 57.8% |
| C. Alton Lindsay Middle Hampton | 612 | 80.1% | 65.1% |
| Colonel Fred Cherry Middle SUFFOLK | 736 | 68.8% | 74.3% |
| Indian River Middle Chesapeake | 743 | 72.1% | 58.3% |
| Cesar Tarrant Middle Hampton | 737 | 82.8% | 67.3% |
| King's Fork Middle Suffolk | 986 | 68.8% | 55.5% |
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where John F. Kennedy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #270 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #191 of 342 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #264 of 342 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #259 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #8 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #236 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #194 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #173 of 224 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
498
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 498 | 54.9 | 9.1:1 | 69% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 67% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 42 | 12.9:1 | 64% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 49 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 47.7 | 11.1:1 | 84% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 62% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 58% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 72 | 12.4:1 | 57% (507) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 57 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F. Kennedy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (528 to 498); teachers up 15% (47.7 to 54.9).
About John F. Kennedy Middle
The public middle-grades school John F. Kennedy Middle is located in Suffolk, Virginia. Enrollment is 498 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Virginia is about 750 students, so this school is 34% smaller than average.
The 19 schools in Suffolk City Public Schools enroll 14,565 students altogether, John F. Kennedy Middle among them.
John F. Kennedy Middle is 70% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% White, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. In Suffolk city overall, about 42% of residents are Black. John F. Kennedy Middle's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.1 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 69%. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk city average 69%.
John F. Kennedy Middle is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of Virginia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.4%. John F. Kennedy Middle scores 57.8%.
Federal survey data for Suffolk city show that the median household income is $92,666, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Suffolk city is home to 22 public schools and about 14,565 public school students.
Nearest public school: Booker T. Washington Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 61.9% on proficiency, and John F. Kennedy Middle is below that at 57.8%.
NCES describes the area around John F. Kennedy Middle as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment has fallen by 17 students since 2020-21, to 498. Students per teacher fell from 10.5 in 2020-21 to 9.1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Suffolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,796
Census ACS
Median income
$92,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
14,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Suffolk City Public Schools
- King's Fork HighHigh · 1,686 students
- Nansemond River HighHigh · 1,683 students
- Lakeland HighHigh · 1,045 students
- King's Fork MiddleMiddle · 986 students
- Florence Bowser ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Northern Shores ElementaryElementary · 798 students
Other schools in Suffolk
- King's Fork HighHigh · 1,686 students
- Nansemond River HighHigh · 1,683 students
- Lakeland HighHigh · 1,045 students
- King's Fork MiddleMiddle · 986 students
- Florence Bowser ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Northern Shores ElementaryElementary · 798 students
Other John F. Kennedy Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named John F. Kennedy Middle. John F. Kennedy Middle is the 9th largest of the 10.
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLNORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL · 1,052 students
- John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolEnfield, CT · 1,002 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleCupertino, CA · 880 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLRIVIERA BEACH, FL · 821 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleRedwood City, CA · 808 students
Nearby schools
- Booker T. Washington Elementary1.3 mi · 362
- Mack Benn Jr. Elementary1.6 mi · 713
- Hillpoint Elementary2.9 mi · 780
- Elephant's Fork Elementary3.0 mi · 653
- King's Fork High4.1 mi · 1,686
- Kilby Shores Elementary4.3 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Kennedy MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at John F. Kennedy Middle?
John F. Kennedy Middle enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does John F. Kennedy Middle serve?
John F. Kennedy Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does John F. Kennedy Middle have?
John F. Kennedy Middle employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the student diversity at John F. Kennedy Middle?
Student demographics at John F. Kennedy Middle are roughly 15% White, 9% Hispanic, 70% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is John F. Kennedy Middle in?
John F. Kennedy Middle is part of Suffolk City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.